BOJ Has Done Too Little, Says Potential Contender for Governor

BOJ Has Done Too Little, Says Potential Contender for Governor

University Of Professor Tokyo Takatoshi Ito

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Takatoshi Ito, dean of the University of Tokyo's graduate school of public policy, listens during an interview in Tokyo, Japan, on Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012. The Bank of Japan has failed to end more than a decade of deflation by being too cautious, said Ito, a former finance ministry official who is a contender to become the central bank’s next governor. Photographer: Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Takatoshi Ito, dean of the University of Tokyo's graduate school of public policy, listens during an interview in Tokyo, Japan, on Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012. The Bank of Japan has failed to end more than a decade of deflation by being too cautious, said Ito, a former finance ministry official who is a contender to become the central bank’s next governor. Photographer: Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg via Getty Images

University Of Professor Tokyo Takatoshi Ito

Bloomberg

Takatoshi Ito, dean of the University of Tokyo's graduate school of public policy, poses for a photograph after an interview in Tokyo, Japan, on Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012. The Bank of Japan has failed to end more than a decade of deflation by being too cautious, said Ito, a former finance ministry official who is a contender to become the central bank’s next governor. Photographer: Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Takatoshi Ito, dean of the University of Tokyo's graduate school of public policy, poses for a photograph after an interview in Tokyo, Japan, on Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012. The Bank of Japan has failed to end more than a decade of deflation by being too cautious, said Ito, a former finance ministry official who is a contender to become the central bank’s next governor. Photographer: Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg via Getty Images

University Of Professor Tokyo Takatoshi Ito

Bloomberg

Takatoshi Ito, dean of the University of Tokyo's graduate school of public policy, speaks during an interview in Tokyo, Japan, on Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012. The Bank of Japan has failed to end more than a decade of deflation by being too cautious, said Ito, a former finance ministry official who is a contender to become the central bank’s next governor. Photographer: Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Takatoshi Ito, dean of the University of Tokyo's graduate school of public policy, speaks during an interview in Tokyo, Japan, on Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012. The Bank of Japan has failed to end more than a decade of deflation by being too cautious, said Ito, a former finance ministry official who is a contender to become the central bank’s next governor. Photographer: Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg via Getty Images

University Of Professor Tokyo Takatoshi Ito

Bloomberg

Takatoshi Ito, dean of the University of Tokyo's graduate school of public policy, listens during an interview in Tokyo, Japan, on Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012. The Bank of Japan has failed to end more than a decade of deflation by being too cautious, said Ito, a former finance ministry official who is a contender to become the central bank’s next governor. Photographer: Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Takatoshi Ito, dean of the University of Tokyo's graduate school of public policy, listens during an interview in Tokyo, Japan, on Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012. The Bank of Japan has failed to end more than a decade of deflation by being too cautious, said Ito, a former finance ministry official who is a contender to become the central bank’s next governor. Photographer: Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg via Getty Images

University Of Professor Tokyo Takatoshi Ito

Bloomberg

Takatoshi Ito, dean of the University of Tokyo's graduate school of public policy, speaks during an interview in Tokyo, Japan, on Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012. The Bank of Japan has failed to end more than a decade of deflation by being too cautious, said Ito, a former finance ministry official who is a contender to become the central bank’s next governor. Photographer: Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Takatoshi Ito, dean of the University of Tokyo's graduate school of public policy, speaks during an interview in Tokyo, Japan, on Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012. The Bank of Japan has failed to end more than a decade of deflation by being too cautious, said Ito, a former finance ministry official who is a contender to become the central bank’s next governor. Photographer: Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg via Getty Images

University Of Professor Tokyo Takatoshi Ito

Bloomberg

Takatoshi Ito, dean of the University of Tokyo's graduate school of public policy, poses for a photograph after an interview in Tokyo, Japan, on Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012. The Bank of Japan has failed to end more than a decade of deflation by being too cautious, said Ito, a former finance ministry official who is a contender to become the central bank’s next governor. Photographer: Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Takatoshi Ito, dean of the University of Tokyo's graduate school of public policy, poses for a photograph after an interview in Tokyo, Japan, on Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012. The Bank of Japan has failed to end more than a decade of deflation by being too cautious, said Ito, a former finance ministry official who is a contender to become the central bank’s next governor. Photographer: Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg via Getty Images

University Of Professor Tokyo Takatoshi Ito

Bloomberg

Takatoshi Ito, dean of the University of Tokyo's graduate school of public policy, speaks during an interview in Tokyo, Japan, on Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012. The Bank of Japan has failed to end more than a decade of deflation by being too cautious, said Ito, a former finance ministry official who is a contender to become the central bank’s next governor. Photographer: Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Takatoshi Ito, dean of the University of Tokyo's graduate school of public policy, speaks during an interview in Tokyo, Japan, on Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012. The Bank of Japan has failed to end more than a decade of deflation by being too cautious, said Ito, a former finance ministry official who is a contender to become the central bank’s next governor. Photographer: Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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